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Sergio Garcia: Playing with career at crossroads

Sergio Garcia: Playing with career at crossroads

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The Associated Press

In this Aug. 15, 1999, file photo, Sergio Garcia, of Spain, leaps in the air to check his ball after he hit it from the base of a tree on the 16th hole during the final round of the PGA Championship at the Medinah Country Club in Medinah, Ill.

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DUBLIN, Ohio — Even as he approaches the prime of his career, the best times for Sergio Garcia seem to be so far behind him.

Think back to that Sunday afternoon at Medinah in the 1999 PGA Championship, where a 19-year-old Spaniard was brimming with exuberance and absent of fear. See him sprint up the 16th fairway, and then leap like a gymnast in a floor routine to see his 6-iron shot from the base of a tree settle near the back of the green.